Flower-stand.



- Patented-Mar. I9, mol. l. n. FnEumcK & M. onusurl. FLOWER STAND.

Appliczion med .my 9, 1900.)

(.'Io Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC M. FREDRICK AND MILTON B. JOHNSON, OF PERKASIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLOWER-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forning' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 670,357, dated lVIarch 19, 190.1.

Application led July 9, 1900. Serial No. 23,032. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISAAC M. FREDRIOK and MILTON B. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Perkasie, in the county of Bucks Aand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Flower-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in flower-stands.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of flower-stands and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one provided with a series of shelves adapted to be arranged at different elevations to suit the size of the plants and to be rotated to arrange the plants in the desired position and capable of being arranged in the same horizontal plane to form a continuous horizontal support or table.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a dower-stand constructed in accordance with this invention, the shelves being arranged at different elevations. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the shelves being arranged to form a horizontal support or table. Fig. 3 is a' horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lower bearing-ring.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a vertical standard provided with legs 2, having casters 3 to enable the stand to be readily moved, and the said standard, which may be constructed of either wood or metal, is preferably provided, when constructed of wood, with metal plates or strips 4, arranged vertically and let into the standard, so that their outer faces will be liush with the adjacent portions of the outer face of the standard. The metal strips or plates 4 are provided at intervals with perforations 5, adapted to be engaged by screws of lower bearing-rin gs 7 for supporting a series of shelves 8, 9, and l() at the desired elevation. Each bearing-ring 7 is provided at its upper face with an annular ball-race, receiving an annular series of antifriction-balls 1l, which support an upper bearing-ring 12, which is swiveled to the lower bearing-ring. The lower bearing-ring is provided with a depending sleeve or cylindrical extension 13, having' threaded perforations 14 for the reception of the screws 6. The upper bearingring 12 is provided at its periphery with an inwardly-extending flange 15, located beneath the lower bearing-ring, of less diameter than the outer periphery thereof and forming a peripheral hook for engaging the lower bearingring, whereby the upper and lower bearingrings are interlocked andare permitted to rotate. The lower bearing-ring is fixed to the standard by the said screws 6 at thedesired elevation, and the upper bearing-ring, which is adapted to rotate o'n the lower bearing-ring, is com posed of two sections having overlapped ends secured together' by screws 16; but rivets or other suitable fastening devices may be employed for effecting this result, and this construction permits the parts to be readily assembled.

The shelves 8, 9, and 10, which are circular and which are graduated to fit one within the other, are connected with their respective bearings by curved arms 18, 19, and 20, and the upper bearing-rings are provided with upwardly-extending sleeves or portions, with which the arms are preferably formed inte- Fig. 2. The shelves 9 and l0 are provided atv their inner edges with catches 2l, adapted to engage keepers of the adjacent shelves for locking the several shelves together, so that the horizontal support or table will rotate completely.

When the horizontal shelves 8, 9, and 10 are arranged in the same horizontal plane to provide a horizontal table or support, a supplemental shelf 22 may be arranged at the top of the standard and be provided with arms having screws 23 for engaging pcrforations of the standard.

It will be seen that the shelves are adapted to be readily arranged at the desired elevation and that they are adapted to rotate freely and that the upper and lower bearing-rings are interlocked or swiveled together, so that they will not separate when the shelves are raised. It will also be apparent that the shelves may be locked in a horizontal position to forni a continuous circular table or support and that when so arranged the shelves will rotate together.

What we claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a standard, a series of vertically-adjustable bearings upon the standard, a series of annular shelves graduated to fit one within the other, and depending arms connecting the successive shelves with their corresponding adjustable bearings, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a standard, a lower hearingring provided with ineans for vertical adjustinent upon the standard, an upper bearingring provided at its periphery with an inwardly-extending flange forming a peripheral hook and projecting under the lower bearingring, and antifriction devices interposed between the bearing-rings, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a standard, a series of vertically'adjnstable bearings upon the standard, a series ol annular shelves graduated to fit one within the other and adapted to be located either in the saine horizontal plane or at different elevations, the depending arms connecting the successive shelves with their corresponding adjustable bearings, fastening devices for locking the shelves together, and a supplemental top shelf mounted on the standards substantially as described.

ln testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence ot' two witnesses.

ISAAC M. FREDRIOK. MILTON B. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

Isaac H. DE'rWnILER, FRANK F. RosENBEnG-ER. 

